Miguel Afonso Caetano"Fabrizio: I think automation engineering is is like an expression… one of the many expressions of systems thinking. Which I believe we brought up in previous podcasts as well. And I think systems thinking is one of the top skills I would probably seek in anybody in the future working with AI. Because it’s really about orchestrating and seeing the big picture and relating systems between each other. Which is something that I don’t expect AI ever to be able to do.
And automation… well you can also… there’s always this thing about the automatons building themselves and I think AI can help you build parts of that automation system. But in the end how you connect the pieces together is entirely up to you. Because that’s that’s ultimately the system you build is an expression is of… and I’m getting philosophical here… of volition. Of something you want to do.
And wanting to do something is purely organic human. Like you want to achieve something that you care about. So yes I think definitely automation as a part of that system thinking definitely. The other I think is communication, you know in all forms. So and I think I was having this conversation with a developer the other day on BlueSky. He writes Python tutorials. And we were agreeing that anybody who has both the technical knowledge and the communication skills is like in the best position going forward in the tech world. Because you will need both. You will need like an understanding of what the tech does but at the same time like a certain command of words.
And I would argue that 60 or 70 percent going forward."
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Podcast: Tech comm predictions for 2026 (Phase One)
In this episode, Fabrizio and I discuss our predictions for tech comm in 2026, focusing on two posts: Fabrizio’s My day as an augmented technical writer in 2030 and my 12 predictions for tech comm in 2026. Some of the specific topics we cover include the evolution of writers into automation engineers, the increasing necessity of systems thinking, the economic paradox where high tech valuations are contrasting with stagnant hiring, the risk of the Reverse Centaur dynamic (where humans merely approve AI output), and the growing value of authentic human connection and humanity.
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